西蒙（乔瑟夫·哈德 Josef Hader 饰）是一名私家侦探，人到中年，却发现自己的人生之路越走越窄，内心始终觉得有着隐隐的不安。为了抚平心中的焦虑，西蒙决定回到自己的故乡，在那里，留存着他美好的童年回忆，西蒙忽然发现，自己已经很久很久没有回去看过了。 　　踏上了故乡的土地的一瞬间，西蒙就感受到了心灵的放松，然而，刚开始的新鲜劲过去后，西蒙开始渐渐回忆起一些发生在这里的，他一直试图淡忘的回忆。阿施布莱纳（托比亚斯·莫雷蒂 Tobias Moretti 饰）是西蒙童年时代的好友，让西蒙没有想到的是，在他拜访自己的第二天，阿施布莱纳竟然自杀了。Brenner returns to Graz, the city where he grew up. When confronted with his old friends, his former girlfriend and the major sin he committed when he was young, murders and a fateful gunshot to the head result. After Brenner comes out of a coma, he begins to search for the person who tried to kill him - however, everybody claims that he himself is responsible. In the beginning Brenner was at the end of his rope, but he could face a new beginning in the end.